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A.133 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.133
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This is a mid-seral evergreen coniferous forest that once was a major forest component in the mid elevations of the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Timber harvesting, the impact of the exotic pathogen blister rust, and successional stand development with fire suppression have reduced this type to less than 5% of its historic range. The forest canopy is dominated by ~Pinus monticola$ with a wide variety of co-occurring/codominant trees such as ~Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies grandis$, and ~Larix occidentalis$. The understory can be a mixture of deciduous shrubs, such as ~Acer glabrum$, and/or mesic site forbs ~Aralia nudicaulis, Asarum caudatum$, and ~Clintonia uniflora$. The impact of management activities to select blister rust-resistant trees on this natural forest community cannot be evaluated. There are few viable occurrences of this once common forest type remaining, and there is a long-term threat of the future extinction of this community. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1102.A133
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.A.8.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PINUS MONTICOLA FOREST ALLIANCE
  Common: Western White Pine Forest Alliance
  Code: A.133
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus monticola Forest Alliance